What is your favorite holiday? Why? Tell something about the customs, traditions and/or food that you especially enjoy which are associated with this holiday and what their origins are. Using the internet, find a link that provides information about either the holiday itself or an interesting aspect of it. Also, you will need to find an image to include with your text.
My favorite holiday is Christmas. I like the many weeks of preparation that it takes to be ready for the big day. Shortly after Thanksgiving I begin my Christmas preparations by cleaning my entire house one room at a time. I even wash every dish and glass in the dining room china cabinet and change the dishes and glassware to Christmas!
I like to listen to all types of Christmas music while I prepare. One of my favorite songs is O Holy Night.
In the carol, the singer recalls the birth of Jesus. It was translated into English by Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music in 1855, and lyrics also exist in other languages.
On 24 December1906, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, broadcast the first AM radio program, which included him playing "O Holy Night" on the violin. The carol therefore appears to have been the first piece of music to be broadcast on radio. It later appeared in an edition of carols by Josiah Armes, published by Oxford in 1936, subsequently increasing its popularity.
Popular versions on records (or CDs) include Enrico Caruso's 1912 recording, Julius LaRosa's version from 1953, Josh Groban's 2002 recording, and hundreds of LP non-single recordings.
The hailed most beautiful version is from the Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez.
My favorite holiday is Christmas. I like the many weeks of preparation that it takes to be ready for the big day. Shortly after Thanksgiving I begin my Christmas preparations by cleaning my entire house one room at a time. I even wash every dish and glass in the dining room china cabinet and change the dishes and glassware to Christmas!
In the carol, the singer recalls the birth of Jesus. It was translated into English by Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music in 1855, and lyrics also exist in other languages.
On 24 December 1906, Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, broadcast the first AM radio program, which included him playing "O Holy Night" on the violin. The carol therefore appears to have been the first piece of music to be broadcast on radio. It later appeared in an edition of carols by Josiah Armes, published by Oxford in 1936, subsequently increasing its popularity.
Popular versions on records (or CDs) include Enrico Caruso's 1912 recording, Julius LaRosa's version from 1953, Josh Groban's 2002 recording, and hundreds of LP non-single recordings.
The hailed most beautiful version is from the Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Holy_Night
It is fun to celebrate with family and friends!